Monday, November 15, 2004

Just got this press release from an internet monitoring company calledHitwise. I bet lots of the people visiting the gay sites are the samepeople who voted against gay marriage. You always hear stories about somehardcore anti-gay guy who one day is found giving head in a restroomsomewhere. If people would stop hating themselves they wouldn't have totake it out on everybody else.

SWING-STATE OHIO AMONG MOST LIKELY TO VISIT GAY, LESBIAN WEB SITES

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2004 - Socially conservative voters in Ohio turned out ingreat numbers to support a proposed state ban on same-sex marriage on Nov.2. But this deciding state in the 2004 presidential election also had amongthe highest visitation levels to gay and lesbian community Web sites. According to Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive Intelligenceservice, Internet users in Ohio were 52 percent more likely to visit a gayor lesbian community site than all other sites, when compared to users inall other states, for the week ending Nov. 6, 2004. Ohio was second only toWashington, D.C. and New Mexico, which were 110 percent and 60 percent morelikely, respectively. "While the data points are not entirely conclusive of the beliefs orstandpoint of visitors, they would suggest that there is an active andsizeable gay and lesbian community in Ohio," said Bill Tancer, vicepresident of research at Hitwise. "This offers another glimpse into just howdecisive the issue of same-sex relationships is in a state that ended upfavoring a ban on same-sex marriage, as well as determining the outcome ofthe presidential election."The states least likely to visit gay and lesbian community sites than allother sites were: Wyoming, Vermont and North Dakota. These sites were 46, 61and 72 percent less likely, respectively, versus all U.S. states.Lifestyle Segmentation of Total U.S. Visitors to Gay and Lesbian CommunitySites:(Data period: four weeks ending Nov. 6, 2004). According to the most recent Hitwise/Claritas Segmentation report,"Mainstream Singles" are 62 percent more likely to visit gay and lesbiancommunity sites than all other sites when compared to other life-stagegroups. Mainstream Singles is characterized by young, hip singles who'verecently settled in metro neighborhoods. Conversely, people belonging to the"Accumulated Wealth" segment are 50 percent less likely to visit a gay orlesbian site. This group is characterized by upscale professionals, thepresence of children and sprawling homes beyond the nation's beltways.. "Midtown Mix" and "Urban Cores" are the two social groups mostlikely to visit gay and lesbian Web sites (77 and 41 percent more likely,respectively). Midtown Mix is characterized by people of average income,ethnically diverse, childless and socially active; Urban Cores ischaracterized by relatively modest incomes, modest education and rentalapartments. On the other hand, individuals belonging to "Landed Gentry" -characterized by wealthy Americans who migrated to smaller boomtowns beyondthe nation's beltways - are 42 percent less likely to visit a gay or lesbiansite.Demographics of Total U.S. Visitors to Gay and Lesbian Community Sites:(Data period: week ending Nov. 6, 2004). Men represent 80 percent of visitors while women represent 20percent.. Visitors 35 to 44 years old represent the largest age segment at31 percent. Conversely, visitors 55 and older are the least represented at10 percent.. At 33 percent, the largest household income bracket among visitorsis $30,000 to $60,000. At nine percent, visitors with a household incomegreater than $150,000 represent the smallest bracket.

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